Way cool Geno. I'll try and give this a spin this weekend. I've always had enough musical theory grounding to build chords, but never a system to help remember them. Once I left the piano they were gone, and I had to reinvent the wheel next time.

That's some good info, Denny. I'm wondering whether this would be better as a seperate thread, as it seems to be more in the nature of general music theory as opposed to keyboard specific applications. Maybe it's just me, but I have a decent understanding of basic music theory ("theory" being the key here), but I've never managed to translate that to playing the keyboard in any meaningful way, which is where I think Geno was headed here. Just a thought.

I love this stuff, but it's so confusing for me. I just listen to something and like a chameleon I memorize and become the part. I should try and learn to read music.

nah . . .

RZ- we would get along great. When I first took guitar lessons at age 7 my instructor was a keyboard player who played a little guitar. He was a former school teacher and BIG into making his students learn to read music and understand music theory. In retrospect, I am positive I was ADD/HD as a youngster (though we called it "spirited" back then...lol). You can imagine how much I "enjoyed" being forced to read music and understand theory at age 7!

Well I used to drive the instructor crazy because I would figure out how to play the lesson perfectly by ear and from memory rather than reading the music. He'd tell me: "look at the book, count, go to measure # 15." I'd just sit there are give him a dumbfounded look kinda thinking..."why?" I lasted about 6 months with that teacher.

I really wish I had the concentration level and apptitude to really learn music theory and apply it because I know it would help me improve as a musician. OTOH....On guitar, I can pretty much play what I "hear" in my head so.....you get it.

I really wish I had the concentration level and apptitude to really learn music theory and apply it because I know it would help me improve as a musician. OTOH....On guitar, I can pretty much play what I "hear" in my head so.....you get it.

You're describing me for sure. I have to really focus on what I'm hearing in a song and then after a while I get it. However, if I don't continue playing it I'll lose it. In fact, there are several songs I wrote and performed that I don't remember how to play anymore.

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I really wish I had the concentration level and apptitude to really learn music theory and apply it because I know it would help me improve as a musician. OTOH....On guitar, I can pretty much play what I "hear" in my head so.....you get it.

You're describing me for sure. I have to really focus on what I'm hearing in a song and then after a while I get it. However, if I don't continue playing it I'll lose it. In fact, there are several songs I wrote and performed that I don't remember how to play anymore.

I think we are related. I have trouble playing the same thing, the same way twice.

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